The desperate need for prayer in our world can hardly be understated.  It is the invincible porthole that grants us access to the halls of heaven and the throne of God.  It is the hope for this world of ours as the solutions of men are simply that…of men.  And since men have crafted the devastation and darkness that lays thick and dense around us, … [Read more...]

Life has a way of walloping us; something like a train hurtling out of nowhere and we just happen to be standing on the tracks.  Sometimes the hit is expected as we've seen it coming from a long ways off.  Many times it's not expected at all.  Sometimes it might be entirely justified, being the natural outcome of our poor choices or lax attitude or … [Read more...]

I grew up under the tutelage of a generation who faced the depravity of the Great Depression and then fought through the horrors of World War II.  The deep sense of patriotism and solemn respect for our country ran high among these great people. Therefore, as Memorial Day once again rolls around on the calendar, I find it appropriate to take a … [Read more...]

There are those deeply magical places that we all recall as a kid; those places that seem misty, mysteriously surreal and yet warmly captivating.  Those places that you’d love to savor again, even if you know they weren’t quite as real as you had imagined them being.  If you’re lucky enough, they continue to hold some small bit of magic even as an … [Read more...]

In large part, Memorial Day has devolved into a weekend that represents the onset of the summer season.  It’s something like the starting gun at the beginning of a race.  It’s the day that officially frees us from the doldrums of winter and gives us some sort of permission to play for the next three months or so until Labor Day reminds us that it’s … [Read more...]

For some, Mother’s Day comes full of rich memories and wonderfully cherished moments.  For others, it arrives with something far less meaningful and far more painful.  However it comes, we all have a Mother.  And the nature of our relationship with our Mother’s varies immensely.  Regardless of the nature or state of it, there is within each of us a … [Read more...]

Over his many years as a counselor, life coach, pastor and author, Craig has written an extensive array of quotes outlining the critically important role of a mother in the life of a child.  To enhance the celebration of Mother’s Day, he has carefully chosen a selection of these quotes to share with his readers.  It is Craig’s hope that these … [Read more...]

“Who am I?”  The question seems a bit overused these days.  It’s something more like a vogue, trendy kind of question that pulls us out of the doldrums of living among the masses and plants us in the more desirable currents of the intellectual mainstream.  The question suggests that we’re exercising our intellectual acumen to probe our existence, … [Read more...]

Particularly at times like these, there appears to be this morbid and seemingly trance-like focus on all that’s wrong in our world.  This negative focus generates a debilitating sense of hopelessness that seems to exponentially grow to catastrophic proportions and beyond. We need to be painfully honest about the difficulties in our world, for to … [Read more...]

We like to ‘fool around’ in ways that are sometimes rather humorous, quite innocent and very healthy.  At other times we ‘fool around’ in ways that are rather devious and quite destructive.  Sometimes we want to set the seriousness of life aside for a moment and be a bit playful.  We need to remind ourselves that life is a serious venture where … [Read more...]